Workers repair White House sinkhole

Workers have begun filling in a sinkhole that opened on the White House’s North Lawn last week. 

National Park Service personnel were spotted by White House correspondents filling in the hole with gravel on Tuesday and blocking off sidewalks near the entrance to the press briefing room.

Your daily WH sinkhole update: repairs ongoing pic.twitter.com/A2sOPphw21

— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) May 29, 2018

The sinkhole saga continues…workers are now filling it with gravel. pic.twitter.com/HXewzw6vde

— Francesca Chambers (@fran_chambers) May 29, 2018

{mosads}Officials determined that the hole posed no threat to the White House or its staff, but closed off the area to begin filling it in and re-sodding the area. 

ABC White House correspondent Tara Palmeri remarked in a tweet that the construction equipment near the site “feels excessive.”

update on the sinkhole. this feels excessive. pic.twitter.com/hpStf2JvL8

— Tara Palmeri (@tarapalmeri) May 29, 2018

A spokeswoman for the park service said the sinkhole was caused by heavier-than-normal rainfall in recent weeks.